cityofbuellton.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buellton -- "2026 General Election" page: names the three offices up (Mayor -- full two-year term, one seat; City Council District 1 and District 4 -- four-year terms, one seat each), the nomination filing period, and links the Notice of Nominees, Candidate Contact Data sheet, and each qualifying candidate's own filed campaign statements. States plainly that only three of the five candidates (Mead, Silva, Silvola) submitted a campaign statement to the city
cityofbuellton.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buellton -- "Notice of Nominees for Public Office," the city clerk's own ballot-instruction document for the November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election: Mayor (vote for no more than one) -- Dave King, David Silva; Council Member District 1 (vote for no more than one) -- Mark Williams, Billy Silvola; Council Member District 4 (vote for no more than one) -- Carla Mead alone. A name appearing on this document confirms placement before voters on the ballot, not a Section 10229 appointment
cityofbuellton.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buellton -- "Buellton Candidate Contact Data," November 3, 2026 General Election: independently lists the identical five names under the identical three offices as the Notice of Nominees, with each candidate's mailing address, phone, and email -- no ballot designations are printed on this document
cityofbuellton.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buellton -- "City Council" page: names the sitting five-member Council -- David Silva (Mayor, "Elected: November 5, 2024"), Carla Mead (Vice Mayor, District 4), Hudson Hornick (District 1), Elysia Lewis (District 2), John Sanchez (District 3) -- confirming Silva and Mead as the incumbents in their 2026 races and that District 1 incumbent Hornick is not among the two 2026 District 1 candidates (an open seat)
en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- "Buellton, California": used narrowly for the 2020 Census population (5,161), confirmation that the City Council moved from at-large to four single-member districts in 2022 (roughly 1,290 residents each), and that the Mayor is directly elected citywide to a two-year term rather than chosen by the Council -- does not cover the 2026 election
cityofbuellton.com (opens in a new tab)City of Buellton City Clerk -- Billy Silvola's initial FPPC Form 410 Statement of Organization for "Billy Silvola for Buellton City Council 2026," filed August 31, 2026 (filed with the city clerk, hosted on the city's own site): marked "Not yet qualified" -- his committee had not yet crossed the disclosure threshold that triggers an itemized Form 460 as of this filing
cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- direct filer searches for "Dave King" and "Mark Williams" each returned a blank result page, no committee or candidate filer registered under either name. Cal-Access's own Power Search home page states its data covers state-level campaign finance and excludes local government filings in any case, so Buellton's own City Clerk filings (see buellton-silva460-2026, buellton-silvola410-2026, buellton-mead497-2026) are the only possible source for a local candidate's disclosure

Last updated September 1, 2026.

City of Buellton

Buellton City Council, District 1

This person would represent one of Buellton's four council districts. Buellton's Council has five members, four district members and a directly elected Mayor. The Mayor is elected citywide and is not part of this race. Buellton moved to district council elections in 2022. This seat serves a four-year term.

Two candidates are running for the open Buellton City Council District 1 seat. They are Mark Williams and Billy Silvola. You vote for one candidate, and there is no primary.

Buellton's City Council districts were created in 2022, replacing at-large elections. District 1 elects one member to a four-year term on the city's five-member Council -- four district seats plus a directly elected, citywide Mayor who is not part of this race. Incumbent Hudson Hornick is not seeking re-election, leaving this an open seat.

With no incumbent in the race, both candidates are first-time officeholders. This dataset found comparatively little independently verifiable information on either candidate this pass -- see each profile below for what could and could not be confirmed.

Mark Williams

Mark Williams is a first-time candidate for Buellton City Council. They are running for the open District 1 seat. No campaign website, news coverage, or other information about their occupation or platform was found.

Billy Silvola

Billy Silvola is a first-time candidate for Buellton City Council. They filed papers to start a campaign committee on August 31, 2026. No campaign website or news coverage of their occupation or platform was found.

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